Former Newcastle Knights star Jarrod Mullen has launched a new career, signing a five-year partnership deal with new property investment company Luxland.
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Mullen has begun a four-year suspension for taking a banned steroid, but he has wasted little time in pursuing a new profession, teaming up with Luxland founder and chief executive Zah Azmi and co-owner Dane Crawford.
The company lists an address in Sydney but specialises in property investment and development in Newcastle and the Central Coast.
Mullen, 30, appears on the front cover of the first edition of the group’s quarterly Future magazine.
A company spokesman said Mullen would act as an ambassador, liaise with the firm’s partners and clients, including some of his former rugby league colleagues, and invest in his own projects.
“Obviously I engage with footballers who are earning a good income and don’t know where to go next,” Mullen is quoted as saying in the magazine.
“I resonate with that demographic as I am from the same background. My goal is to help as many players as I can by education and sharing my experience and knowledge of the success of property investment.”
Mullen is no stranger to property. He bought a one-bedroom unit in Honeysuckle for $482,500 in 2006 and sold it recently for $640,000. He has just completed an extensive renovation of his house at Merewether.
“I am looking at trying my hand at property development as it was always the plan for when I finish up playing football,” he told the magazine.
“I’m 30 years old and always knew my time would be coming to an end around this age. So preparation for the next chapter in my life was critical.”